Suffolk University primarily uses ESRI ArcGIS for its data analysis projects and Google Earth and SketchUp for its public outreach projects.  Below is a small sample of some of the great mapping projects in which Suffolk’s Community has engaged:

ESRI ArcGIS Projects:

• Analysis of Wind Turbine site locations (Environmental Engineering Major Senior Project)
• Mapping of the RS Friedman Field Station (GIS Lab Manager Project)
• Mapping of Visitor Resources on Cape Cod Beaches (Student Project)
• Mapping of Stormwater Catch Basins and Outfall locations in Stoughton, MA (Environmental Engineering Major Senior Project)
• Mapping of Solar Radiance Potential in the United States (ENVE-325)
• Map of the Esplanade Association’s Tree Inventory Data and creation of a Wall sized poster and digital viewer (GIS Lab Manager Project)
• Assessment of Campus Emergency Response locations (GIS Lab Manager Project)

Google Earth Projects:

• 3D Analysis of Smoke Infiltration of the Archer Building Entrance (Environmental Engineering Major Senior Project)
• Map of likely Republican voters in a particular State Representative District (SCI-171)
• Online Google Map set of Field Trip locations for the GreenBuild Conference in Boston, MA (Environmental Engineering Staff and Students)

Google SketchUp Projects

• 3d Model of the Old South Slave Market in Savannah, GA (SCI-173)
• Geographic Locations of US Military bases around the Globe (SCI-173)
• 3D Models of all Suffolk University buildings on the Boston Campus (Class Project for EVNE-325 and SCI-171)
• Geographic Locations of historical slave trader routes to the United states (SCI-173)
• 3d Model of Madonna Queen National Shrine (SCI-173)
• 3D Model of the National Museum of the Marine Corps (SCI-173)